The Sun. — London, England, 1810-06-13 00:00:00

Iwo:.-'~-: a'r Monthly Be.lsi Niarket, on Tuesdxv last, was well oapplied with all kinds of stock ; and nearly all the butc‘iers from Brighton, and oti er neighbour ing towns, attended; Nit the market, ov.ing to the svarcity of gr wa, rattier a heavy one. The tol lowitii, w.-re the prev,:iling pr!ces 55. to B(l7—Motion ss. 6J. to ss. Bd.—Lamb 6s. to There were also at the above marker a nurreter of flue cart-h-r-es, many of which were sold at good in ices; a. d some v ery %yell-bred pigs. Nto ket, ens Weinesdav, was well sup plied with sFeop and lanitiS, the sale ot which, as well as of b. ask, was rather (lull. Last Wednesday, lite.inbabitants ofWestmeston ' (a village a les , nxies.frorn !his town), were placed under great sternation and :a , artu,- on receiving inform:it NM of &robtlety, which Mrs. Sede,servant to the Rev. W.. Campion, .•reported had, on that day, tirett < Ormilitt,sl in her rods•er's house, • when all th fattAy nyt herself were absent. She describ ed. the rob= er so • minutely, and with so much con fide cc, were sent an all ,Airedions in : purp,w! 0! ',tin, and a rewaidot fifty pounds:was, by, hint{-bni, -tle.ett for IA, appl'e*t.fion and convic too. The hue-and-try and put suit were vigorously ken' up the .whthe ot. X:nirsday, on the•eiening of wiach day, Mrs. Sc.' to eamo and ;pdged _her intor,- ma , ton bettire a Ma v ,i st !a e i n 4 his town, NV bobil tirn V, as oc'citpied:neavy fine hours in taking it, a' detail of Mitten vt as the concluding part'ot het depWtlini allay ! . td . .corsidtred as a lair Fp!schuvn e ole. S e stated, ti.lt the rub. her, ‘,ot, ins third viol.; on last Wednesday, tretWecti one on ,I two n'elot kin ti,e at!erno.,,n, se ztd,he, by the hair ot. her head, - and t, u • dr i tggt-ti her from room to room, Until he had obtained ot .4er a know w.l,at ploperty torte in the house, and poss6std hitmeli t,f a'pair of loaded pistols and all the pl , te he could find, (con,isting of stnilarticles of but le :ands , w.hen he led her for, . 0 execution, in the kitchen, w here a cord was pre pared toy that pur l yost., and air preteniing one of the pisifils and threatening to blow her brains out it she mad-. 1 the least noise, he deliberatelY bated tha noose about her neck, and hdvirg placed the shp knot under. her lett ear, turned• Lei exchitning with an oath that "- had now d ine for her," and departed ; but as good luck would have it, either from the stretching. or slipping of. the cord, she sunk so as : to adrn:t of her toes touching the in which sltuation she applied one •of her hands to the cord above her head, and thus prevented sUffe catinn, while with her other hand, she tf ok from her pocket alieuknif-, which she opened with her teeth, find cut herself down; and son afterwards alactricd the neighbo , .rhood, as above stated! On 'Friday, the whispers'of scepticism created a suspicion that all was not right, wilLh led"to a more dil gent -i! and to a ,developemcm of the mys tertoos as the plate which Mrs. Serie, i: her lnforination be:ure the M , gistia!e, aitcged to Itioe been ,stolen, \vas fo!md, wra:ped up - In sonic old ap r arel, in her own box, upon the prenises,• but With the kty reotaining in the ' Tto-pisols were :ts t fonnd in a i , lot of grass nt ar diet house. Int.t.t &at .tier the aba; e discov ry, Mrs. Sede, VI o had be , n k idly - entcrtai Ad-here since Thurs day, tvas t ken by a wlr.:4-ut, aid exam; el be fore J. 171.:rt- , sun, wh , lase on Friday' fully committed h, r to Horsham Gaol, to tike her . 'tr al for toe offence at out next AsS;Z:s. It did not aprar, her examination, that she 4.1.. id any accom plice lit die businc SC. The i-Itautum of terror was so stryngly &Tided by the Libuve artful wo!nay, that tiie itiliabitints of Westtue.ton scarcely -thought them elves safe in ti eit own !.Uses, tu.til the naked truth appeared. L st Satin-lay, Moses Milton, an under-waiter, at thy \Ayce Kiri Inn, in this town, was taken up, charged wit It haviug se7reted and appropriated to his own use, country bank notes to the amount of fifty-6 , e . pounds, which had been .accidentally left at the above inn, by Mr. Mitford, the Receiver- G nctal; h: nI e %vas on his collediun here about. a furtnigl t. ago, and which he did not miss until a day or two atTerw.rds. Tice boy was suspected, in - consequence of llis having been lately obsrved to be very fiJsh of ny . ;ney, and from his having pm-- chased; at divers' Shops, articles of ift description which it could not be suppaied any one in his' situation r ould, by honest means, have afforded.— Nearly all the notes ba.ze been traced, and re traced to Milton, and one was found in his posses sion. He was 'examined before 3. Harrison, Esq. and committed to the House of Correttion, for re-' examination. One day last week, a swarm of bees settlrd on a dead owl, wt►ich Mr. Fears, of Rodmell, had placed on a stick in his garden, to scare the birds. They exhibited anoeel and pleasing appearance, and were hived without much ( A i wp A few d:sys since, a child Ka in . Hat Mares field, and W3l nolorlunatvly dr —Coroner's, Veyditt, Accidental Death. And, on t e d.iy the re- m:tins of the above were interred, anutiter child, about a year and a half o!d, fell into a. hog-tut. in the ,a me priyib, and was sufforated.—Verdict, Ac cidental Death. Oti Friday, the Ist instant, as Mr. FAII.v. Starnes, of Laughtot►, carpenter, v► as assisting in taking i ow n smo e timber and raters, at Chiddingly-phice,: he fell; by the giving w3y of some cornice bricks ►Vithout side; near the gallery. Two long rafters accompanied him in his awful descent of upwards of 30 feet, to the bottom, wbeie be alighted, pro-' videnthilly unhurt, on a cistern, brtaking the lid through, and part of the frame; he afterwards ate a hearty dinner, and walked to his house, nelrly four tni!e.., the, battle afternoon ; the next day (Sa ttirday) he came on foot to this town, with his but- ter, confornfably to long usage; and has since daily cherfully folltp.ved his i efflptoy as a carpenter, at Chiddingly 7 place.—the above • ancient and lofty structure was once the scat of Sir . John Jeffery, ii; ;ht, ;Lord Chief Baron of the .Exehequer, in' the rclit of Queen Eliz,,beth. flew. G. W. Wales, of his Majesty's 'ship -Spat r.m, is promoted to' a Commander for his great J s ri..-ry a few mouths since in the 'Bay of Naplei. OLD BAILEY:. LEIPES,JUNE: i I . P4RTNERSIIIPS DISSOLPED. 'William Wright, Joseph Wright, and Thomas Brocklehurst, all of Ashton-under-Line; Lancashire, muslin-tnanutac— titters. Peter Little and William Little, of Manchester, Lancashire, dyers. James Pape and Joseph Pear Son, of ! Wigton, Cunberland, joiners. . Thomas Pearson and Thomas Hunt, of Oxforcl-street, oil and _ coiournien. John girth and Harry Cheetham,' tottoil-spinners, at Soy land Mills, Yorkshire • Jacob Whit bread,, jun. Thomas Wilson, and Thomas Wilson, jun -maltsters, borough or Truro, Cornwall. frauds Ackroyd and Robert Holroyd, of Bradford, York shire, woolsraplers R ,, bert . Limb and Thomas Smyth, of Tottenham-court. road, haberdashers. Henry Longden, George newton, Thomas Chambers, Ro. bert Scott, arid John Scott, of Thoinclia Iron Works, York, iron.tininders. Henry Emwisle, Janies Entwislc, and John Gilpin, of Leeds. Joseph Green and William Bogle, of Birmingham, to fors. Thomas Giles and Jeremiah Giles, et the Borough of Long port, Kent, brewers. . We stated yesterday that Capt.' B. of the West - India Rangers, had peen committed to Winchester gaol, for the murder of his son, a boy of ten years of age.. The following circumstances led to - the discovery of the 'place °lbis retreat :—A letter, un der a fiatitious name, was received by a Gentleman of the Isle Wight, from Wells, in Somersetshire, intimating that Capt. B. was a particular friend of the writer, who wished to know how the bbsiness respecting the youth was settled, and what Was be come of Oil Captain ? On comparing the writing with that of Cvapt. B. at the Depot, they vvere found to correspond. A Police Officer was immtdiately sent off to Wells, where he discovered the Captain disguised in thediess of a gardener; he: took him into custody, and conveyed him to Winchester gad. A tradesman of •respectability hung himself in a private receptacle for limaticS, and an Inquest' sat on the body on Friday last. The house is in the neigh bouthotd of Sumers-lown, :nd the - re were two whet — lunatics in the room. 1 TUESDAY, JUNE 12. t Ann - Snillh' ua. co., toed of, ,unlawfully uttering a piece of fal. e coutverteit cold, resembling a shil ling, to Jame...L.lft es, a shoemaker in the City, on the 30th of May I,st. . It appeared that the prisoner went three diffe.rent tiines Jo the shop of the prosecutor, each time pur chasing a pair of shoe-strings, and giving in pay ment three shillings, which proved .to be base a:A counterfeit. .lolin Dalton, alias Williams, wa . , indiaed for ut tering a seven-shilling piece, knowing it to be false aed counterfeie, and tor commie Mg a similar offenee previous to the expiration of ten days after his said first offence, which second crime subjects him to a year's Imprisonment. ' It appeared from the evidenee'adduced in support of the prosecution, that the prisoner, in company with 41, complice, went to the Freed) Hot n pub lic-House, in ,Barbican, on the evening of the 4111 February, ancl•havingedrank six glasses of wine, the prisoner tendered a seven-shilling piece in paymetit, which the landlady weighed and found. goode-L-. Mete, however, the prisoner commenced the..exer-, bons' of his ingenuity, by performind . the well-knowo , trick of ringing the changes. }l7s accomplic e in sisted on pa ink, the reckoning, and for that purpose threw down a dollar; t helandlady . then returned the prisoner his seven-shilling piece, end was about to take tip the dollar; when the accomplice of the pri soner - snatched it up, and, said, " D—n it, Jeck, then you shall- pay, since you are so anxious ;" and the prisoner ease back-to the landlady a seven-shil-. ling piece, wereh she presuming was that she had at first wei g hed, threw into the Jill, and :gave. the, change. But. the prisoner 'had` scarcely left the house when suspicions arose in her. mind, and,on,es I aminine i seven shilling-piece, s h e .found it to%;e counterfeit. She the n wra pp e d i t i n a .piece, ofd paper, and placed it by itself. The prisoner called again in a few days, la h.-It : the landlady told him he had given her a bad eseven-shilling 'piece, which he prom's:ll to change ; she did not see him, hoWever, until he was in- custody. The next case preyed agains; him was; hating gone to the house of a'Mr. Tomlinsen, a pork-butcher, iii Greek -street, and, by a similar erick, having endeavoured to put off another spurious piece of cote in the form of a seven-shil ling piece. fiere, hOwever, he was fortunately de- Weird and sutured.—Guilty. The last prisoner, and an accomplice named Wil liams, were +Vet) put to the . bar on a second in diet went, fbr passing a base seven-shilling piece to MissTabbart, a pastry-cook, in Foie -street, on the 26th 01 February, of which offence they were both convicted.• This was the last case on the City side of the Calendar. The Court then proceeded to try 1116 Middlesex causes. - John 'Bedding was indi& e d for burgleriously breaking and entering the dwelling4rouse of Joseph Smith, at Kensington, in the night of the 28th of May, and stealing therein a copper pot, a quantity of lead, a tin coffee-pot, and other ar ides. The prosecutor stated that his house was broken open on the night mentioned in the iredietment he- MCA] eleven and twelve o'clock, end on risin g In the moroieg he decovered the depredations that. bad t 'ken place. frem inform:4ton reeeted, he trace ! putt of his.property to the pei-otier, 00 was appiehrodcd, and from ceCUmstatices v , Welt turned otit ri, (IP , c , titSe of inqutr,, it yva. clearly ascer tained that lie hid committee the rubbery. , Tie prisoner des led the committal of the offence, and oft red to bet a pita he had es good a character as e'er a man it the county. The frets wete.howe ever ( letrly ermed, and he was C9tivided, MaNiew Piois was put to, the bar, cOarged with privately., stealing from -the person of John Oliver, Esq. a silk handkerchief. The defendant was ob served following the prosecutor ,a considerable length of time by a Police Officer, and at last was seized in the very act of st,:aling the handkerchief out of the pocket. On his person vas found a hooked wire of about ten in c h es * long, with a nail at the end of it, which could .be empl o y e d f or th e double purpose , ref, cutting- away .the, putty from panes of glass, and with the heek.to thaw out any articles within reach. He Was found Quilty ; and being ascertained, to be an old and- notorious thief, he was instantleeordered to be transported for • • 1/11.110114 'Rfid C4AIVtII4iyA ;fl.lotiort which it <•,7,, hi:Ph • tei the last, fur many roio..,tcs, to o plaiolvstie , ... that iiettsinion..and tilt yet exists ti iu tlje wretch within. A. ki.d (;i• what was p,a;sing now rivrtt,..fd tu.to 11:e spol;) but the scene became too shot: . v. 9.• k A r retired. I ough t ttrobSertie, that th,l ference, without any symptonj of the rcniotesiwPo r passion, prevailed . ainong the whole,of. the spe , `i= ll l 4 not excepting the mother-and the sister at t he NVia' )/• ' who were pointed'oUt ti) us aniong tie oto,iyi,ip Bor4Ny pdy, CONVI,cTs Tutt•NE.t),.cOuNsE.LLoß;ki.j ; SYDNEY—GEjIERAL ORDERS. l iiCtlt. - GOV:F.Weank /tits %.% 1IY • dignation and Su rpris that men .:irk) bet. - 0 spners in the colony have = so far forgott-c, jwir tor' trier dOtlLL ' titin ' as 'lb • dlit rode titeih.wit : i'i 'alto lI I ' Courts of Joqtice in th cli :a - tee of C•fun,elt Is pP`f Aiyocate4. Detrtinincd to pr• Vets( of a prabi, e as injil 13us4to d:cencr:ts II ts dent r ut:fke of jusCce., Lieut.:- 14 -4 41 it ' incuutbent Ott Inin to lot Ltd dui , f,, r -DO 11.0.0) eke sinning to- interfere with , cause, pen ling bet6fe.:: ll !C ‘"vithout au esiteial hOctiSe hildiP; that purpose. A ba'scription of the Car in which it is.said S ir F. Bitrdeti is to is, t i t fro►u the Tower. ..... . . . . ' This car is to b:of a moat magnificent descriptio fi l. emblazoned with clev•c6s and iiures symbol.c.l l °. the,views and., sentirrivnti ril, ,the I.3ardkici... and - 03 . partizans. 'nobody of the vehicle is to, he oli . ' l , very extended plarr, and cnpable of tontaining - h; mast int Mate trivnds and a , ;viver.; In the ce !,tro . to be his own seat exceedinglY elevated, and, nu e..tc`_.. ' side, a little lower, ill be two seats—one on Ll': right fo r his bo som f t i e nd• and - preCeptt;r , .11.uill Tooke ; another ou the' left tor Roger:O'Connor; , behind in the boot will be plaaed.c.hcek 1 1 ,, , jO/6 -'tit" ' zens pwyhill) ....10 . . i d Wardle and 'Robert W,,it Ha):i! . in lioi)i, nearly as eieVqted :IS the.'l3.lronct lino.,' -'09 will - be placed a, box With only one Sear fir aP I ''' tityte, who is to be a free citizen,' and. is i0,' .. .r, - ;". 1 ' t the Goddess of Reason. l'he s . Plinter-brie, excitl o. ‘ e ' of the traces by which the . ivirses will dr3w the. or'' Will have an additional additionarace on 'each si'b ;dr iiii 1 ilito ... ;, -asses that, chOse,to yoke themselves into 11113 l '"' - -C vehicle.- •Oa the right pannel will b e pa : inteji- )/1 - .4iso retietio, „a Guillotirie, in: the a& of de..apitlliq : ' with thre e or tour at a time mid,s.r its axe ;' 010 ,-i ' a the back-ground a:.vast - number of Vi ,. :.i.q - E.t .. 4 .4) %j' k ' d ... f and ready for execution; ,on eaCii,siJe ttf161 4 ,0, lotine ,will ,s(alidal•vupporters, litibestO4F,;l4t:i..„l';c-:i gesndre— , -the.French butcher 6t114 ii t I ~t .ii tre y Vi , ; ( 4 , 1 1 ': .... . - • A , no , atstiuctron, - imd`givilig-directim-ftw- Akeiittei-11 11 () . 0 , on th.t:ielt pahnet Will'beci..4-4'sietit-eii'4...P.ltT.l,lP4is wit li led nig II tcaps otii'ol4.;:ml.,llp. , cii7icii;Mlio. 7- i earag f ,s termed them, 4;24nets_.roligc, f . 1 . q.:1,,,,:afifi 14 ~ this assembly ,i'ill bc-,..4i(fiit ip. j..u . n, ; ,i i t ' , ,:r1:147,ik.',. sing.• . .. , ..... . . 7 .7o E ..1;4"/ SL:ll! . rilCe On . ti) . lCdt,lj, A:c.l,Z)z,:i . ,e, r.4 . 4 . 1y1 1 1,...7 L j Illidil o send by '..•yllolt z Sal4o,?!.i.c,c....k.e.f,i ! .l,l l .l.e . j.*A i i ie this asseinbiage-wdi.. k ippe:ar lictiE,ii,'Z, ~t, . „ g"ti.;071,„: v ,,, Count lir'abeat.i 4i.d tfie..,At;i.).`1 . ,.,.it...t, 4 : , :. 1 .1 - !*.L,• 1 ":„,4, i rites ,f the .F . ,leLcat, li,,i o ;f,,kii: if: ~v, nil 143;; : 1 ;4'..17i4 Bights of Alan iii - iliy:7[ .. l- , ;:i: 'I) : :::),:i I and iintnedaroy tat,;,..1..qt , , 14.., (4 ) 4 0e0 01. . i ' licio vi , ),„ 0 o f bepaint.o ''.l . oiii 1),,,ii.,•, iiotibil,.; Ili. r::•;.ii,j l u2 - t7ji).1. 3 ?.!,, 1 hi, p,.aripi,l,'l c...iiL:.t..Ltli.e74::/0 e,iie:...S . Ail • !i). - GA.-,,,0 , p„itie s le .!, anti Ipulifit l .4, ~I t o:iimi :,:), - a.)j 1 14,C.1,0 s li represtnted th e qi i ivii.,1 , ,,, ) ,,,,,,..,1 ~ ,,c4e,...i , ,4. P )ific c boi;l i s o r ref ,„;,t,lti, 10.0,-,. . a n , tniort , y , 4ilsrj l ...l l l. l;? - , .• a iiiii.).s and/tenth' w'tlilke4tepi4 '0 f..1)01 1 .4 ,;II - t , 07 1 \ i t ' , lice rtiono 1 , .e.1it..% lt,,ii lid .1 1 ;!(:1 " ;,g,,jit : 7;b11 ., :ily4.1! ,1 f ; 1 / 2 . 1 ,10 . de , itt,)iiig v very tioi , & ,, Alitctilt,' , .S . ,.....kip t ? 5 ., • , ••;1' t0i t it together. La..!.ly, to t gtice v-...itec•i t o .Piii ,'" .:iii:. ( st I.'' i , , § thescene, all the yilt 0 31. ,)5; . , 1 4 , 1 ,- , , kti,„ . ;tijki, Yi‘ , ; . t,ili t it Will be put iti.ietitiisition.,a k idin t• c : ‘ii.xii;ivi,:' 00- 0 , b. itiwuNed.lo,(wili4 , ali : „l4• ~ ,npv iii:i : !.1 1 4,, -, W . sible, and the,e..la.ter are. tkl 0 1 ~heilip;:.vtl.6,,,'.:l,te tors ut . W'es,tiiiinster and :At..!..le,e:k . t h-v;''Vr Y 4 e -•. ' _:' - 3 11)cr bet t, . Hare, 'Fowl) send ~ ..1-eJ:.tii . . , g:;', _C.. Tryi ~,,-, 'Sii. , ..l ite are to march alocbsidt.-,'0.4.-.cara,,,u a.... 145 jp,p)4 l ,, i ii Las of thecerctinat.ies...A.;.l.llhitigsg,;444l,4o .... , .. 1 .. , Towc.T, the proce.Ssio» Wili ii.' ,, that .‘ , ,iiy i - uk 3 `v. l ,oll Baronet's irietids.there`,...t,le pc d s .s' di do. ii it - 9il 1 1 4 - 0 • 1 • iii,,, 0 10 or it. wo ' ,roc ed io East SA,lntliti.. :, 11.ru.,.. ..1, Gile•t's p iss through '.l:othlt-beitls,•anif,i - Kiially',.:i:,, roh l .Uarwlei dowli at.4s ~W ii..IIQ,USC, ai n i;ii . .,(,.,1,e...12,;.. 4.4 d uproar of a vagabuticl, drunketi;.2,?...iid . 101 1 4.'?: , mob. . 0 Yesterday the tortn yon orcle4tl the dof Bread to br continued f qu.irtt;;LA :41in en, and tkotischoid at Ib. i.,AIYO. -~ aft AVPSENO, JUKE ttle Sailed—the Neph A n c , erucHeit);, ACt Roucrt, CI - J..4ex, and Duknicii, • I r9t. • 1 , t rc On the ix r. his housq Nor•i.winhed-"' EdinburAlt, .ut - tt Son.' ()tv:Aionday, the Lady of Mt.'Wtitit Surgeon,of a • . ter. • MIIK rr id i. ,‘ ,U,g.; At Giumnire C ' Th°ll , l4 g l ; son, lustto Esq. late or Cork, to tut Esq. eldest SQII Of tilt: late , Sir iteAo F. ' tilt 1 ./ 11 ,SARICitay illilV.llti 'Or Hy . , ford -sheet, to :s,. C.cwgc, of 11; e ' At L.istle Conr.,ll, a the County of itzgerala Nldssey, Esq. orSiobevlik or Liinc.R.k. • • Dibt), LON tdl. 1 , 1: Printed by RICHARD IfARRIS, or 140. 4, Martlett-cfrart, BoW-srrect and Published by W I LLIA M A RMIGER SCRIPPS, South MAton street, r .;r.)F7erior tq At the SUN•OFFICz, 11,2 a Strand, where Adve r ti s emerus, Orders for the Paper, Lett ers for the Editor,, &v. (post-p a id), .aP A S L be atithessed. Lzarc, , .. - --: ' , '4 ' P' # ,-," 2d ! On the PIM. .aged 36. the Rev. 't , . ,c,,-,1,:.11 , M.A. Chapl,ain of INesv Cuiluge, t;xiord, (20 1 .''' 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'Jo tenet ot .1.2..11,4';,, An) On the loth ult. ~t• It!s hnaie in CorOok in n ev ,, ° coo' captain Newry v'Y't.s ~t, .. to or toe flun, ‘ Laat• Inc any'4 b+.l i , o. al, v -'": • ' ' ' _... pF HINDOO Wait) . An , intelligent Correspondent has favoured as with the following narrative of a - Suttee., which . lately took place at no great distance (row Calcutta. The aggravated circumstances-AA, horror which at tended the certnony m this :occasion distinguish it from moq of the_So!tees which have been hitherto described, and are calculatedAo excite a very power « MI, though not certainly : a. very pleasiug interest, in the winds of out readers:— A suTTEr. • Being informed, that a Suttee was about to take place in the iticinitrof trifhouse , , - I repaired tb•tite spot, in company with a friend, instigited.-by a strong and natural curiositr,-- to observe- narrowly the deportment of a human being, about to take a voluntary and pohhc Irate of existence,. and be- hewing, from what tt e had read of similar casts, that . our feelings would not be shocked: by any open ex hibition of the ; aClual pains. of -dissolution. Jdo , not recollect to have,,sw any accoont of a Suttee whiCh did not, upOn the wh-ale, tell rather tat our able for the humanity of i hose whorn - an impel ions ordinance of religion- , CallFr-upon presideior of ficiate at such ceremonialr - I•think it therefore a duty .which -Lowe to the. cause'of truth to record at . 'least. one instance ; on the other side of the clues-. With this view, .1, ,beg leave. to address my : - :self to, you, in, the that you give Ute narration a place in your valuable ne A spwer, ,wlie,n you have nothing more interesting or aJyel to in 7 sert. The Suttee in question 'took place at a spot by the river side, about a quarter of , a•mile bel.)w Bar 'nagore; at .eleven in the' . n - rorning;- We arrived - about half' an• hour before that lime and foutut , the widow;' , batiling in the river, surrounded be a trial) 'of friends, chiefly men. It was then low water, and the deep mud left by the tide prevett!cd our ap proaching sufficiently near to obste, with eccu. racy, the ceremonies that . were 7 p:!rotot ming: Our attention was attracted to the pile, wirch:was placed about high-water mark. It was not altogethet more than four and a'half or five feet long, to the best of our observation, and consisted merely of some long billets of chopped soondry-wood, tiesh and green from the bazar, retained in their places, by tour stakes driven into the ground at . toe angles. The whole was exceedingly little, if at all, longer, or broadeG than one id toe common cots used by the natives. The deceased was supported in_ a sitting posture - by two men, close to• ilje pile, 'and, some more billets of wood, qvith four or tive bundles of -dry brush-wdod - and ,reeds lay- ready. fur .use.— The whole o 4 the ceremonies observed :on the oceasion were such as are usually gone through, and ,as have been de-cribed so• utter in books. The widow was dressed in a rube or sheet of red silk, and had her hair hanging loose and disne veiled, and stuck through With in:iny_ wooden cntnbi : her forehead was pai!ited- with, yellow ochre, or orpiment, and she had dress - or ornament whatever. From the bye-s:auderi we learned, tiiat •herbusband •was..a common Nasher- and that it warrior . expv:, , ted by .2,1. one 1 hat • she - would have n'solved to burn.herseit, especially a - she had a child three %ears otd„ kind as her,rela : tons . had offerrd them both, if she Woulti coris;•nr to live. I shall- not - take up :your . time by detailing the: -in •fly , ckJano..w.," that were. perfOrmed. The body of the tiosha d -WaS placed on right side., and- in.dO , time: slke ascended-arid lay down by its side, facing it, at , d:litetally locked_ in its arn►s. So . :*;Sh - Oi t was -the.. pile, thebye-; slanders W . .,re & , -li.;ed to bend the much, to enable - tlie pitelo'contain jhom D ali this “ -- dreadful note of '-preparation;" from hi st to last, the -widow prese'r r the ut,t,c,fit,•tto most entire lOrtitude .. and cocuposure i otr. rather .apathy, • and was unmoved even at parting he, In het' processions round the bile;; she was , supported and hurried' Toimd through • the - crowd, by, many men who held• her - by the armsand.shoulders, made the populace give way.• '-From this we at first concluded her' to be intoxicate 4. but were after- wards convinced of our mistake, by seeing the , steadiness of nerve, and perfeel - composure, wi which she Sprinkled the corpse of her husband, and Mounfed'on the pile - endr . ely, ttnas . 3iSted and alnne. We stood within six or seven feet •of the and `could not be mistaken; I The remaining billets of wood were now laid on the bodies, with a scanty handfull'of dry reeds-here and there. .But the point to which I wish especially to draw the attention of your readers is, that thick strong ropes, thoroughly. soaked in water, were previously tied round the bodies of the-living and the dead, many places, to preclude the possibility of .escape,. and in. seem ing anticipation of the dreadful scene that followed. One Brarnin only was present-at the ceremony,• and as soon as all was prepared, he .otfered to the wi dow's child ...On - the arms n‘ another) a 'lighted - brand. Thd child dre w b ac k i n affright,. when they • seized- its hand by force, and applied the fire to the head •and afterwards. to the foot of the pile. The shouting and noise of the crowd had been in-: cessant front the beginning, but at this instant it was incredibly loud. Four strung. green bamboos were now laid accross the wh o le pl e , whi c h strongly held by-eight men, so as to keep down all attentipts.olthe miserable creaure within to rise, a precaution not useles,, it be alloAed t0.C9i1. - jecture from what we observed at the toot ut the pile, near to which we stood. A quantity of ghee, Out, .a pint in all, was s‘attered on the scantine,s of this and the brushw ood, and the greettness of the billets, caused the pile to burti very slowly, and rendered it necessary to apply fresh fire .at. one time. I scarcely know how to paint, in co- lours that shall nor disgust and sho c k yo ur rea d er ., the horrible close of the scene. Sullice it to say, that soon after'the fire took cited, the wretched ,man within, in her torment, stretche l / 4 1iorth - her Iwhich now protruded from the kik-e; Leyond the _scanty pile; and, by the quickness with which she attetnpted to withdraw it, on its touching a burn ing brand, it was _evident that sh e w d s s t ill too sen sible to the tortures she must then base been etiour- *lug. Owing to the brush-wood being icatteied only at the extremities of the pile, the fire there was li&rcest. In a minute . (a- two more, the scorched and mutilated limb was again thrust out, 40 consumed belnie our outraged eyes, t, tre-• r .~ 1' r tiUtJ h ls " all 1 46 Vi4,l